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I remain so behind on reviews for both June & July but I thought I‘d get my July recap up finally. I finished 15 books (including 3 I had in progress from June) which I think given work lately is good. I did read & love both #CampLitsy2025 selections but was not good about the discussions which has continued this month. I also finished books for #AuthorAMonth #SheSaid #SundayBuddyRead #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #ThematicCozies ⬇️

I don‘t bounce back from jet lag as quickly anymore. 😂 It‘s taken me a couple days to put together my August #BingoBoard ! #BookSpinBingo

#BookSpin and #DoubleSpin NetGalley ARCs

#Roll100 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, I Am Spock, Firebird

#OokBOokClub Jingo

#BobWhiteBuddies Mystery of the Missing Heiress

#BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad The Lost Princess of Oz

#QueerBC Heartstopper

#ThematicCozies Mockingbird Court

I personally found this to be one of the weakest of the series so far. The plot was really choppy and a bit random (gun runners??) and, more aggravating, the gang just felt like they kept making really dumb decisions? Let's get in a boat with a stranger!! Let's go swimming all alone when the pool is closed and no one is around!! Let's leave Trixie & Honey alone in the hotel after we said the hotel wasn't safe!! Let's run off with two people we ⬇

#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

Finished Sunday for July‘s #BobWhiteBuddies this one (#15) & Trixie & the gang are visiting Mark Twain country—St. Louis & the Mississippi River when mysterious papers left in her hotel room by the previous occupant soon have her & the Bob-Whites mixed up in some very dangerous dealings. This one I remembered a lot of—probably because Trixie gets in over her head. Also I get very frustrated when the group splits up ⬇️

#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

Since I‘m way behind on June reviews, I‘m posting June‘s book review of book 14 before I post this. month‘s for #BobWhiteBuddies
While I thought this was a fine book in the series & liked the Williamsburg, Virginia setting this wasn‘t one I reread much growing up for some reason.🤷🏻‍♀️ Trixie finds a letter alluding to an emerald necklace while cleaning her attic & the Bob-Whites are off to find the treasure.

#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Spending my #HyggeHour finishing up this Trixie Belden book I started last week for #BobWhiteBuddies along with a lilikoi bar & sparkling water (it‘s warm & humid tonight). Also watching Legally Blonde because I need something fluffy to watch.

Mood is fine. Not really looking forward to Monday & another crazy week. (How is it almost August?)

#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Spending my #HyggeHour with Trixie & the gang for #BobWhiteBuddies Drinking iced green tea & my snack is a mini pecan pie from a craft fair vendor.

My mood is sad that it‘s Monday yet again. Why are weekends so short? I‘m not ready to go back to work. 🥺

When the Bob-Whites get the chance to travel the Mississippi, they couldn‘t be happier. Then Trixie & Honey find a bundle of papers that lead them to a mystery bigger than anything they‘ve seen before.

Wow! This was much higher stakes than we usually get in this series. But also the whole group acting more responsibly when higher authorities get involved. You‘d think everyone would be more trusting of Trixie‘s instincts by now, though. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

Finished this one last Sunday for #BobWhiteBuddies. I‘m so behind on all my review but wanted to get this one up before the discussion. I do remember this one from childhood, mainly due to the black widow🕷️angle. When I was growing up, my older sister was in the bathroom in the dark & felt something tickling her leg & when she turned on the light, it was a big black widow!😱 Trust me when I say that I was terrified & ⬇️

The last Trixie was light on mystery, but this one was all mystery & no sense. Trixie finds a letter in a hidden room in her house that no one knew about, which might mean her house was part of the underground railroad. That plot point gets dropped though because Di's parents just happen to be taking a trip to Williamsburg, where the letter originated. It felt much more like a Nancy Drew book, what with the hidden locket and concealed staircase.